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Relationships in Action: PIO Response to SR530 Slide

Relationships in Action: PIO Response to SR530 Slide. Sheri Badger Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. Pierce County, Washington. Tacoma, WA (30 miles south of Seattle) Home of Mount Rainier volcano, earthquake risks, and yearly flooding 800,000 people in Pierce County

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Relationships in Action: PIO Response to SR530 Slide

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  1. Relationships in Action:PIO Response to SR530 Slide Sheri Badger Pierce County Department of Emergency Management

  2. Pierce County, Washington • Tacoma, WA (30 miles south of Seattle) • Home of Mount Rainier volcano, earthquake risks, and yearly flooding • 800,000 people in Pierce County • Four rivers • Extremely wet weather

  3. November/December 2009 Lakewood Police Officer Shooting Sgt. Mark Renninger Officer Ronald Owens Officer Tina Griswold Officer Greg Richards

  4. EOC/JIC activations

  5. Regional exercises

  6. 2013 Wilcox Farm Silo Collapse(IMT)

  7. 2014 SR 530 Slide (Oso)

  8. Where is Oso, Washington?

  9. SR 530 Slide Overview • March 22, 2014 at 10:37 a.m. • Several miles outside of the town of Oso, in Snohomish County (about 100 miles north of Tacoma) • Blocked the north fork of the Stillaguamish River, cutting off access to Darrington • Initial evacuation orders were issued due to flooding potential

  10. Before and after

  11. SR 530 Slide

  12. SR 530 Slide (One square mile)

  13. Detour Route

  14. Damage • 42 people killed, one still missing • 37 structures destroyed; 6 damaged • Two-hour detour for town of Darrington • Isolation of Darrington and residents • SR 530 blocked/closed • Snohomish County EOC – operational 40 days • Preliminary damage assessment - $65 million

  15. Response • Up to 700 responders per day during the height of the search – including volunteers • Presidential Declaration on April 2 • Washington Task Force 1, CA-TF 7 • National Guard troops • Three shelters opened • 117 different agencies staffed the EOC • 240 different response agencies participated

  16. Pierce County involvement • EOC activated to level 2 to support • WA-TF 1 deployed as a state asset – two 80-person rotations • Team from Medical Examiner’s Office

  17. Pierce County • Eight PIOs • Dive team from Sheriff’s Department • DEM staff for EOC

  18. Incident Command Post with JICArlington (west of slide)

  19. Pool media site visits

  20. In the field

  21. First week anniversary of mudslide

  22. Pierce County deploys to help with Oso Mudslide Pierce County Television (April 4, 2014)

  23. JIC Field Office (east of slide)Darrington Fire Department

  24. Communication Challenges • JIC not in EOC • East and west side of slide • Resource requesting • Experience of PIOs

  25. Who do you represent?

  26. Who should go on camera?

  27. How do you tell the story?

  28. Pierce County Crisis Communications Group • Communicators/PIOs • Quarterly meetings • Networking • Share contact information

  29. Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program • Eight-county footprint • Coordination Plan recommendations

  30. Creation of statewide PIO network

  31. WEPIN Background • Formed in 2013 • Over 200 members • Workshops • Board of Directors • Monthly meetings

  32. Organizational Objectives • Membership/PIO database • Joint Information System • Communication • Workshops

  33. Organizational Objectives • Training • Core competencies • Special projects • Resource library • Mentorship www.WashingtonEPIN.org

  34. Recommendations • Find opportunities to network • Trainings, meetings, PRSA, start your own • Look at how to be a resource • Develop JIS protocols • Encourage ICS training • Designate PIOs and train • Typing or tiering of PIOs and their skill levels

  35. Contact information:Sheri BadgerPierce County Department of Emergency Managementsbadger@co.pierce.wa.us253-798-2204 (desk)253-377-4149 (cell)@PierceCo

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